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Patent drawing showing an oblong wooden frame with side bars, a rounded handle end, pivoted levers, and triangular shoes, plus a side view of the frame tilted to invert a bee-hive resting on a stand.

DEVICE FOR INVERTING BEE-HIVES.John M. Shuck · February 2, 1886

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